Counsellor, Employment

Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: Experience an asset
- Counsellor education/school counselling and guidance services
**Work setting**:

- Community service organization
**Tasks**:

- Interview clients to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
- Identify barriers to employment and assist clients with such matters as job readiness skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
- Perform administrative tasks
- Collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
- Provide established workers with information and strategies for dealing with job dissatisfaction, making mid-career changes and adjusting to workplace transitions
- Provide established workers with information and strategies for maintaining a job or moving within an organization
- Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
- Conduct research
- Interview clients, prepare case histories and assess problems
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- MS Outlook
- MS Windows
- MS Word
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own vehicle
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Organized
- Team player
- Values and ethics
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: French
- Hours: 35 hours per week